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Bring out those silver bells, Richard

It's December! Time to bring out those silver bells... I'm a huge fan of Christmas music. Give me some Burl Ives or Dean Martin to listen to on repeat all day and I'm good. My favourites are the songs that are recorded from the Christmas TV specials, where you'll have Dean Martin soliloquizing …

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They don't teach this in PLAN 103

When you present information in an unconventional way, people listen. So I've got an idea. It involves a group of poets who take an active interest in municipal politics. Sounds interesting, no? Read on. Here's what I'm thinking. All of us lyrically-inclined politicos will get together and look at …

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Finding truth through tradition

I was visiting Paris this past weekend, and on Sunday I went to a Catholic mass for the first time. Now, I'm more comfortable in a casual protestant crowd, but since I was in Paris, home to some breathtaking cathedrals and a healthy Catholic culture, I wanted to experience mass for myself. So on …

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Forget senate reform, showing up to work is hard enough

Bill C-311, with the punchy title "An Act to ensure Canada resumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change", is the closest thing Canada had to meaningful climate change targets. I say had, past tense, because the bill is no more. It got voted down today in the senate, more than …

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